Multiple choice

Directions: Give the appropriate replacement for the underlined word(s) in the given sentence to make it grammatically correct. If no improvement is needed, mark (4) as the answer.

She is as good as her mother was.

  1. as her mother is

  2. as that of her mother

  3. as her mother's

  4. No improvement needed
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D Correct answer
Explanation

In cases where we compare one noun with the other noun (person) of the past, we follow the second person/ third persons with auxilary 'was/were'.

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